Aspull, William 16.dec.1798-16.jan.1875 England, Manchester - London Lambeth
tenor singer, pianist, organist, 16.dec.1798 baptized at St Peter in Manchester Bolton-le-Moors, 1828-1832 with his brothers Joseph and George he made concert tours throughout Great Britain and Ireland, 1830-1836 organist of St Mary's Church and professor of singing and piano in Nottingham where he resided at St Mary's Gate, 1856 teacher piano at 4 Newman Street in London, he translated Lemoine's Harmony, Nauenburg's Vocal exercises and Rinck's Organ school, at time of death residing at Hawthorns on Clapham Road in Lambeth, 21.jan.1875 buried at Norwood Cemetery in Lambeth ; the first of 10 sons of bookkeeper and amateur violinist Thomas Aspull and Martha Hill who married 18.nov.1798 at St Peter in Bolton-le-Moors ; brother of musician Joseph (Bolton-le-Moors 19.jul.1812-) and composer George

Title	Parts

[] The Kiss, dear maid. Canzonetta words Lord Byron pub Clementi & Co., London ?1820
[] Good bye. Canzonett pub J. B. Cramer, Addison & Beale, London ?1825
[] The lonely harp. Canzoncina. 1837 words Miss S. Stickney
[] There's a time to weep. Canzonette. 1837 words I. M. Chalmers
[] The eastern love letter. Song. 1838 words I. Percival, music William Aspull after Carl Maria von Weber
[] Art thou not dear unto this heart. Canzoncina. Second edition Songs for the Drawing Room pub Wessel & Co., London 1840
[] Bird of the forest. Cavatina. ?1840 words Miss C. G. Lethbridge
[] Light of my soul. Serenade for voice and piano. 1844 words and music William Aspull
[] The first, the first. Canzonetta. 1844 words F. Brown
[] Let not my harp. Canzonetta for voice and piano. 1844 the poetry by J. W. Thirlwall
[] I think of thee in the morning. Song for voice and piano. 1845
[] Good night, good night. Serenade for voice and piano. 1846
[] Gentle waves upon the deep. Song. Voice and piano. 1846
[] The stars are gleaming. A Serenade words W. H. Baker pub for the Proprietor, London 1847
[] We have met and we have parted. Song. 1848
[] Souvenir d'amitie. Valse brillante pour le piano forte. 1848
[] Myrtle leaves. Song. 1849 the poetry by T.V.C.
[] On morning bright. Song. 1850 words T.V.C.
[] Wittgenstein. Mazurka pour le piano forte. 1850
[] The Wreckers, a bass song "When sinks the sun in the distant sea". 1856 words W. H. Baker
[] Thy God forgets thee not. Sacred song for voice and piano. 1857 words H. B. Courtenay
[] How timid is the trembling bird. Song for voice and piano. 1857 words P. V. G. de Montgomery
[] Bright eyes! Song for voice and piano. 1857 words from the Spanish
[] Sweet are woman's tears. Song for voice and piano. 1857
[] Our childhood's years. Song. 1858 words H. B. Courtenay
[] La Traviata, fantaisie sur l'opera de Verdi pour le piano. 1858. op32
[] The blue bells of Scotland. Piano. 1859. op37 music Mrs. Dorothy Jordan, transcribed for the pianoforte by W. Aspull
[] Come let us sing and merry be. Song. 1859
[] La Gassier. Valse de Luigi Venzano. Transcrite pour piano. 1859
[] Traviata, Parigi o cara. Piano pub J. Williams Ltd., London 1859
[] Oberon. Fantaisie sur des motifs de C. M. von Weber. Piano pub J. Williams Ltd., London 1860
[] The merry hunters "Tis morn". Duet. 1876
[] The merry hunters. Two-part song. 1893
[] Good-night I think of thee. Song
[] Lonely heart. Song
[] Miss Bridget Adair words from the "Kaleidoscope" pub Clementi & Co., London
[] Fill the goblet pub E. Ascherberg & Co., London
writing: Treatise on practical harmony by Henry Lemoine. Translated by W. Aspull. London 1835
writing: Rinck's complete practical organ school by Christian H. Rinck. Translated from the German by J. A. Hamilton. New and enlarged edition, including a biography of its author by W. Aspull. London 1844
writing: Vocal Exercises. 20 Studies for all voices by Gustav Nauenburg. Translated and edited with remarks by W. Aspull. London 1886

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